The Heart-of-Mind Method: Legitimating a New Buddhist Movement in 1930s China

This article uses theory developed in the study of NRMs to analyze strategies of legitimation employed by the Chinese Buddhist Wang Xiangliu (1876–1937) as he sought to spread a new form of esoteric Buddhism in 1930s China. It discusses the specific historical and religious context in which Wang was...

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Main Author: Hammerstrom, Erik J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2013
In: Nova religio
Year: 2013, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 5-23
Further subjects:B Legitimation
B Tantra
B Buddhism
B China
B Chinese new religions
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